Salinas residents are being invited to help plan the third annual Salinas United community service event.

The planning meeting will be held 6 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the Salinas City Hall Rotunda, 200 Lincoln Ave.

Salinas United involves the cleanup of four city parks, followed by a celebration and barbecue, which this year will raise funds to benefit homeless children. The event is set for April 13.

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Doc's Lab tours mark Steinbeck's 111th

Hourly public tours of Pacific Biological Laboratories — "Doc's Lab" — at 800 Cannery Row are being offered from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday by the Cannery Row Foundation, which is celebrating John Steinbeck's 111th birthday and the foundation's 30th anniversary.